Antonyms for Agency
ˈeɪ dʒən siagen·cy

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1. agencynoun

   Synonyms:
   management, operation, action, instrumentality, efficiency

2. agencynoun

   The faculty of acting or of exerting power; the state of being in action; action; instrumentality.

   The superintendence and agency of Providence in the natural world. --Woodward.

   Synonyms:
   instrumentality, action, efficiency, management, operation

3. agencynoun

   agent

   Synonyms:
   action, instrumentality, efficiency, operation, management

4. agencynoun

   The office of an agent, or factor.

   Synonyms:
   operation, management, action, efficiency, instrumentality

5. agencynoun

   The relation between a principal and his agent.

   Synonyms:
   action, efficiency, management, operation, instrumentality

6. agencynoun

   Business of one entrusted with the concerns of another.

   Synonyms:
   efficiency, operation, instrumentality, management, action

7. agencynoun

   The place of business of an agent.

   Synonyms:
   efficiency, management, action, instrumentality, operation

8. agencynoun

   A bond issued by a US government-backed entity, such as Fannie Mae.

   Synonyms:
   instrumentality, efficiency, management, operation, action

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1. agency

   Operation is action considered with reference to the thing acted upon, and may apply to the action of an intelligent agent or of a material substance or force; as, the operation of a medicine. Performance and execution denote intelligent action, considered with reference to the actor or to that which he accomplishes; performance accomplishing the will of the actor, execution often the will of another; we speak of the performance of a duty, the execution of a sentence. Compare ACT.

   Antonyms:
   failure, inaction, ineffectiveness, inefficiency, inutility, powerlessness, uselessness

   Synonyms:
   action, effect, execution, force, influence, operation, performance, procedure, result

Matched Categories

1. • Action
   • Administrative Unit

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1. agency, federal agency, government agency, bureau, office, authoritynoun

   an administrative unit of government

   "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority"

   Synonyms:
   assurance, billet, berth, means, confidence, chest of drawers, spot, bureau, delegacy, role, office staff, function, dominance, post, dresser, sanction, part, authority, self-assurance, power, way, say-so, sureness, place, representation, government agency, agency, chest, position, business office, self-confidence, potency, authorisation, situation, office, authorization, federal agency

2. agencynoun

   a business that serves other businesses

   Synonyms:
   means, government agency, representation, federal agency, way, authority, office, delegacy, bureau

3. agencynoun

   the state of being in action or exerting power

   "the agency of providence"; "she has free agency"

   Synonyms:
   means, government agency, representation, federal agency, way, authority, office, delegacy, bureau

4. representation, delegacy, agencynoun

   the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent

   Synonyms:
   delegacy, government agency, histrionics, federal agency, theatrical performance, commission, deputation, way, mental representation, delegation, theatrical, agency, internal representation, bureau, office, means, representation, mission, authority

5. means, agency, waynoun

   how a result is obtained or an end is achieved

   "a means of control"; "an example is the best agency of instruction"; "the true way to success"

   Synonyms:
   direction, government agency, manner, way, delegacy, elbow room, substance, style, federal agency, agency, path, way of life, bureau, office, means, representation, fashion, authority, mode, room

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1. agencynoun

   Synonyms:
   instrumentality, operation, action, mediation, means

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1. captivity, held in chains.

   agency is the power of being in operation according to ones will. being held captive, even according to anothers will, is a loss or opposition of power of operation. in a spiritual sense, a sinner is held captive to the sin, is in chains and has no, or limited agency.

   satan led the sinner captive down to hell in chains.

   Submitted by rinat on June 11, 2017  

How to use Agency in a sentence?

1. Kate Upton:

   The next day, I learned that I had been fired from the shoot. Someone had called my agency to say I had gotten fat. paul’s texting increased, telling me how excited Paul Marciano was to see me, that Paul Marciano wanted me to change in front of Paul Marciano so Paul Marciano could see my naked body getting into Paul Marciano clothes. Paul Marciano asked if I thought of Paul Marciano when I was posing sexy on set. All the language Paul Marciano used was extremely dominant and possessive. At one point, to avoid Paul coming to set, I told him my boyfriend was going to be there. He was absolutely furious at that. It was an emotional and non-stop battle of games, power struggles and creative avoidance tactics.

2. Amy Bennett:

   The only thing that changes an agency's behavior is an act of Congress.

3. An Environmental Protection Agency lawyer:

   Environmental Protection Agency ethics lawyer casts doubt on Pruitt’s housing arrangement - AP :.

4. Bob Braun:

   Twitter is a public forum but the problem here is that you have a large, multinational corporation and a state agency seeking out the bad guys and punishing them.

5. Read MoreHe:

   The FBI is the best investigative agency that we have in this country, and I think that members that are espousing, as well as members of the media, that are espousing those remarks are disgusting.

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